The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1887-11-02
THE CROWS.
A Brief Account Of Their History and the
Events Which lead to the Recent
ri Outbreak.

The Crow Indians, after years of
peace and quietude, have suddenly put
on their war-paint ard the habiliments
of war-a feathered bonnet-they have
painted and decorated their ponies and
taken to the war-path. For twenty
years the branch of the Crows to which
we refer-those who inhabit the upper
Yellowstone-have been at peace with
the whites, confining their occasional
raids and horse.stealing forays to the
Piegans Of the boundary line. Ever
since the Crow Indian was first discov-
cred, he has been credited with more
skill as a horse thief than any other
Indian extnnt. As consequence, the
broad acres of his reservation are coy
cred with horses and mules of all sizes,
colors and ages. No tribe in America,
in the semi-civilized list, is so rich as the
Crows. They have long occupied rich,
grassy region of country, where horse
s'ea'ihg coulu oe carried on WIN great
s''ccess, ny reason oi l,s "'e'' ''''s anu
10" Na'es' pu' n cohi'le' vi arms anu
sanguinary trays the Grow has invari
ao'' avoiaea' ohiy lew instances ea',
po iee''eu ny our oiu itoi'ieie'"en, VI
oa'''es iii "'''oi '"e "i'"s e''s's'', ou'
when IL '"'''e ~ ''o's'-'.v'''"s NV,
'"'a,'' ''''S ''oN manu- p'o'
posi'ioh ero" DUCK ea', ',',a'' Is ''','
Vi o.i"s WV "'o'' 'u''''''"' '''''' '''''
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po.ue' 's'e"s ""iso | T., -
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VIZ" anu pu"i','eh'' ''oe
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oi '"e 'ou,t.l nen, VIZ '"Ne - -.
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cro"s' anu seiu",i' i,'eeu 10 ~ ,,"'
norses s'o''ii o' ',en' VI" Al. =,
tneir o"hers, Us '"e sua,u' nun ~
high "a'c'i to"eis vi inc no'''
sizes can easily ur,'e u Diiu Vi i,o'S,, y,
10 a place OF Seeiusioh urShowh 10 all
but themselves. one may rae all day
through the valleys oil tne Orow reser'
vauon without seeing an ihdiah' pu' ie'
him aop to iook az tne oranus on pony
or nce up 10 scrutihize heru' anu ''e
mountain sides VIII DC dotted py sa'iop
ing horses' mouh'ed p' 'hese h'oun'a'i'
hrahH' attracted 10 common cehtre'
old-timers tell OF morse stellihs eN-
petition OF the Crows' IN which they
captured ooo head from the bruie o'ouA
VINO were ehca'npeu where hahoal is
now situateu' lhere were twehty.hihe
Crows, VINO found the nero 700 unw1Aiuy
Tor last driving ana Ill thelr uncohquer'
apie desire 10 get away WIN the "ho'e
drove, were oVertakeh py the bfuies
and after an engagement Oh TWO uayS
ana nights, tne iew remaining oroM
braves marched poidiy rom their breast
WORKS ana iaceo death at the rine
mouth. euch iheiueh's are ieN' now
ever. and' as we nave saiu pelore' ','
Cro" 'e'y soiuo"i ''''"S '''i''''' ~ u
ura~h in'o o',"e.
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